Estimating the dark figure of domestic violence

As found in one of the studies in this week's Crime Research Update

Aug 21, 2025

Welcome to The Art of Explaining Crime, the independent newsletter that helps you think and write about crime.

Use this tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research into your work. It's a directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor. This week's directory includes, for example, this study listing:

Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence
Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: violence, domestic violence, victim, victimization, law enforcement, jurisdiction, law
First author: Andrew P. Wheeler (Crime De-Coder, Raleigh, NC, USA) [+1 other author]

You’ll find more listings for this week’s new research below.

"Crime Research Update" appears in the foreground. In the background, yellow tape is strung across the image, in front of a police cruiser that sits with its roof lights on. — Photo by Campbell Jensen on Unsplash. Modified by Aaron Jacklin in Canva.

Below, I present the research listings for this week's research twice. First, they’re sorted by type of crime. Then, they’re sorted by criminal justice/legal system stage. Research that doesn’t fit into any of those categories follows under “Uncategorized Research.”

Research by type of crime

Violence

Examining Characteristics and Experiences of Black Adults in Intimate Partner Violence Relationships: Results from a National Survey

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: homicide, violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, survivor
First author: Esprene Liddell-Quintyn (Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, University of Washington, Seattle, USA) [+2 other authors]

Genital Injury and Intimate Partner Violence as Determinants of Women's Reproductive Healthcare Utilization 1-Year Post-Sexual Assault Medical-Forensic Examination

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: assault, violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, survivor
First author: Hannah B. Sawyer (Department of Psychological Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA) [+7 other authors]

NGOs, Counterpublics, and the Need for Affective Change to Defy the Rhetoric on Gender-Based Violence in India

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, rape
First author: Deepti Khedekar (Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Design, College of Communication, Media, Design, and Information, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA)

Assessing the Impact of Online Social Reactions to Disclosure of Sexual Victimization via #MeToo on PTSD Symptoms Accounting for In-Person Social Reactions to Disclosure

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, survivor, trauma
First author: Prachi H. Bhuptani (Department of Adult Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA) [+3 other authors]

Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: violence, domestic violence, victim, victimization, law enforcement, jurisdiction, law
First author: Andrew P. Wheeler (Crime De-Coder, Raleigh, NC, USA) [+1 other author]

The Relationships Between Motivations and Different Forms of Online Trolling Among Early Adolescents: Gender Differences in Network Analysis

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence
First author: Jundong Liao (Renmin University of China, Beijing, China) [+4 other authors]

What We Take Home With Us: Impacts of Working in the Field of Domestic and Sexual Violence on Providers Sexual and Romantic Lives

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: assault, violence, domestic violence, sexual violence
First author: Jonna M. Green (Boston Children’s Hospital, MA, USA) [+1 other author]

Temporal Evolution and Projections of Violence Against Women in Brazil: Scenarios from 2013 to 2033

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence
First author: Manuela de Mendonça Figueirêdo Coelho (Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil) [+11 other authors]

Learning Aggression Through Exposure: The Relationship Between Violence Exposure, Emotion Regulation, and Cyber-Aggression in College Students—A Gender Differences Analysis

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: aggression, violence, regulation
First author: Yangyang Zhan (Psychological Counseling and Guidance Center, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China) [+3 other authors]

Systematic Review of Forensic Mental Health Patients on Conditional Discharge: Part One – Quantitative Findings, Methodology, Limitations and Future Research

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: violence, offender, recidivism
First author: Sarah Kilbane (University of Greenwich, London, UK) [+5 other authors]

Dating Violence and Childhood Traumatic Experience: The Mediating Role of Rejection Sensitivity, Irrational Beliefs

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, trauma
First author: Ruveyda Yegen (Gaziantep University, Türkiye) [+1 other author]

Sexual Assault History Moderates Prospective Pathways From Sexual Orientation to Cannabis Use Outcomes

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: assault, violence, substance use, cannabis, trauma
First author: Emalee Kerr (SUNY University at Buffalo, NY, USA) [+2 other authors]

Understanding Marital Rape Perception in MENA and South Asia: The Role of Resistance, Sexual Deprivation, and Jealousy

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, rape, victim, reform
First author: Olga Khokhlova (Institute for Social Justice and Crime, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK) [+3 other authors]

How the Sarah Everard Case has Changed Public Perceptions of Police Officers

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, police, police officer
First author: Summer Rita Josephine Herbert (Department of Psychology, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK) [+4 other authors]

Effect of a Gender-Synchronized Family Planning Intervention on Inequitable Gender Norms in a Cluster Randomized Control Trial Among Husbands of Married Adolescent Girls in Dosso, Niger

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, trial
First author: Sabrina C. Boyce (Community Health Sciences Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA) [+10 other authors]

Women's Intertwined Experiences of Gender-Based Violence and Migration: The Case of Migrant Women in France

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence
First author: Tania Lejbowicz (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France) [+1 other author]

Women's Empowerment in India: Measurement, Regional Disparities, and the Threat of Intimate Partner Violence

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, policy
First author: Shama Firdaush (Department of Economics, Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, India) [+1 other author]

“I Was Scared That He Might Kill Me or Stab Me If I Said No”: Violence Against Sex Workers in Kolkata, India

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, regulation
First author: Atmaja Acharya (Christ University, Bangalore, India) [+1 other author]

Memorable cases, lasting impact: similarities and differences in male and female child sex and physical assault prosecutors’ experiences and perspectives

Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice
Keywords: assault
First author: Kevin Buckler (University of Houston-Downtown) [+2 other authors]

Mobility Network-based Measurement of Local Collective Efficacy and its Consequences for the Spatial Patterning of Violent Crime

Journal: Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Keywords: violent
First author: Catherine A. Calder [+7 other authors]

Legitimacy and Institutional Misconduct Among a Cohort of Serious and Violent Incarcerated Youth

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: violent, incarceration, incarcerate, policy, law
First author: Chad R. Trulson (University of North Texas, Denton, USA) [+1 other author]

Mitigating Risk and Magnifying Protection: The Impacts of a Gang Intervention and Exiting Program on Criminogenic Risk Factors

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: homicide, violence, substance use, gang, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Jennifer S. Wong [+1 other author]

Exploring the Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Physical Frailty in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Rural Malaysian Population

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, trauma
First author: Ummi Ainaa Selamat (Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) [+2 other authors]

The Impact of Male Violence on Female Delinquency: Experiences of Vulnerability and Poly Victimization in Women Serving Prison Sentences in Catalonia

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, prison
First author: Jenny Cubells Serra (UAB, Barcelona, Spain) [+3 other authors]

Examining links between dispatch time, deployment time and case resolution in agency incident data

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: violent, property, police, policing, law enforcement, arrest, law
First author: Rachael Rief (University of North Texas) [+1 other author]

WASH, Women, and Violence: Investigating the Associations Between Households’ Access to WASH Facilities and Intimate Partner Violence in India

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, policy
First author: Rakesh Chandra (School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India) [+4 other authors]

Narratives of Obstetric Violence: Conceptions of Power, Bodily Integrity, and Childbirth in Greek Women's Stories

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence
First author: Faidra Gatsarouli (Umea University, Umeå, Sweden) [+1 other author]

Property

A Comparative Analysis of Identity Theft Victimization and Preventive Measures Among Self-Employed, Private Industry, and Government Employees

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: theft, identity theft, victim, victimization
First author: Fawn T. Ngo (Department of Criminology, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA) [+4 other authors]

Do public sector wages moderate the impact of institutional strengthening on corruption?

Journal: Journal of Financial Crime
Keywords: fraud, corruption, financial crime, judicial, policy, reform, law
First author: Danur Condro Guritno (Universitas Sebelas Maret Department of Economics, , Surakarta) [+3 other authors]

Re-examining the fraud hexagon through corruption deterrence by regulatory undertakings and corporate disclosures in Nigerian financial institutions

Journal: Journal of Financial Crime
Keywords: fraud, corruption, insider, trading, financial crime, policy, regulation
First author: Anazuo Saadat Salihu (Prince Abubakar Audu University Department of Accounting, , Anyigba)

Experimentally testing police visibility via a visual detection exercise: Can the public spot the police vehicle?

Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: vehicle, police
First author: Rylan Simpson

Examining links between dispatch time, deployment time and case resolution in agency incident data

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: violent, property, police, policing, law enforcement, arrest, law
First author: Rachael Rief (University of North Texas) [+1 other author]

Drugs

Understanding and Mitigating Substance Use in Social Settings with Virtual Reality: Insights from Emerging Research

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Junhan Chen (Journalism and Media Studies Centre, the University of Hong Kong) [+1 other author]

Event-Level Examinations of Impaired Control, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Alcohol-Related Consequences

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Emily Junkin (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA) [+2 other authors]

Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogs in illicit drug samples

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: harm reduction, heroin, opioid, illicit, drug, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Victoria Marland [+2 other authors]

Longitudinal Changes in Recovery Capital Among Recovery House Residents With and Without Criminal Legal System Involvement: A Marginal Structural Modeling Analysis

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: addiction, criminal justice, criminal legal system
First author: Adela Bunaciu (University of Dundee) [+10 other authors]

Reaching beyond criminal justice to justice : Orienting criminology and criminal policy toward harm

Journal: Criminology & Criminal Justice
Keywords: harm reduction, criminal justice, policy
First author: Victoria A Greenfield (George Mason University, USA) [+1 other author]

Sexual Assault History Moderates Prospective Pathways From Sexual Orientation to Cannabis Use Outcomes

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: assault, violence, substance use, cannabis, trauma
First author: Emalee Kerr (SUNY University at Buffalo, NY, USA) [+2 other authors]

E-Cigarette Use, Dependence, and The Use of Protective Behavioral Strategies: A Path Model

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Denise D. Tran (Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California) [+3 other authors]

Mitigating Risk and Magnifying Protection: The Impacts of a Gang Intervention and Exiting Program on Criminogenic Risk Factors

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: homicide, violence, substance use, gang, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Jennifer S. Wong [+1 other author]

County-Level Opioid Prescribing Behavior Before and After the Implementation of Local Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response (LOOPR), 2017–2020

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, opioid
First author: Laura J. Cremer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Overdose Prevention) [+4 other authors]

White Collar

Unveiling Insider Threats in South Korean Companies: Causes and Countermeasures Through Convenience Theory and Perceived Punishment

Journal: Deviant Behavior
Keywords: insider, punishment
First author: Joo-Young Lee (Korea Information Security Industry Association, KISIA)

Do public sector wages moderate the impact of institutional strengthening on corruption?

Re-examining the fraud hexagon through corruption deterrence by regulatory undertakings and corporate disclosures in Nigerian financial institutions

Sexual corruption: recognising the “abuse of power” in professional sexual misconduct

Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: corruption, offending, victim, police, police officer, criminal justice, policy
First author: Nathan Birdsall (University of Central Lancashire Nathan Birdsall is based at School of Law and Policing, , Preston, , and School of Policy Studies, , Bristol) [+3 other authors]

A Crime Script Analysis of Pao Fen Operations and the Construction of Prevention Strategies

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: laundering, financial crime, digital, court, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

Organized

Three Men Walk into a Karaoke Bar, a Politician, a Religious Leader, and a Billionaire: Hidden Drivers of the Anti-Trafficking Agenda

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking
First author: Jessica Gillies (School of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Art and Social Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia)

“Technically, by Law, you’re Not a ‘Prostitute’ If you’re Underage”: The Importance of Language from the Perspectives of Girls and Young Women Affected by Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking, exploitation, law
First author: Sarah M. Godoy (New York University) [+7 other authors]

The Role of Deterministic Perceptions in Criminal Identity Process Among Adolescent Gang Members

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: gang, offender
First author: Ofer Zemel (University of Haifa, Israel)

Neutralization Techniques Among Indonesian Student Mass Fighters: A Qualitative Study

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: gang, offender, victim, strategy, appeal, rehabilitation, correctional
First author: Jesika Juliana (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) [+2 other authors]

Emotion regulation, secondary traumatic stress and psychological health at work among child sexual and physical exploitation police investigators

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: exploitation, trauma, police, policing, regulation
First author: Audrey Potz (Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières ) [+2 other authors]

Mitigating Risk and Magnifying Protection: The Impacts of a Gang Intervention and Exiting Program on Criminogenic Risk Factors

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: homicide, violence, substance use, gang, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Jennifer S. Wong [+1 other author]

“Was I Trafficked?” A Disconnect of Shared Meanings in the Adult Film Industry

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking
First author: David W. Wahl (McMurry University)

Do public sector wages moderate the impact of institutional strengthening on corruption?

Re-examining the fraud hexagon through corruption deterrence by regulatory undertakings and corporate disclosures in Nigerian financial institutions

Sexual corruption: recognising the “abuse of power” in professional sexual misconduct

A Crime Script Analysis of Pao Fen Operations and the Construction of Prevention Strategies

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: laundering, financial crime, digital, court, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

Technology Facilitated

A Comparative Analysis of Identity Theft Victimization and Preventive Measures Among Self-Employed, Private Industry, and Government Employees

A Crime Script Analysis of Pao Fen Operations and the Construction of Prevention Strategies

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: laundering, financial crime, digital, court, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

Research by criminal justice/legal system stage

Offending

Business Professionals and White-Collar Offenders: A Comparative Analysis and Offender Subtypes

Journal: Deviant Behavior
Keywords: offender
First author: Javier Gómez Lanz (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) [+3 other authors]

The Role of Deterministic Perceptions in Criminal Identity Process Among Adolescent Gang Members

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: gang, offender
First author: Ofer Zemel (University of Haifa, Israel)

Neutralization Techniques Among Indonesian Student Mass Fighters: A Qualitative Study

Systematic Review of Forensic Mental Health Patients on Conditional Discharge: Part One – Quantitative Findings, Methodology, Limitations and Future Research

Sexual corruption: recognising the “abuse of power” in professional sexual misconduct

Victimization

Examining Characteristics and Experiences of Black Adults in Intimate Partner Violence Relationships: Results from a National Survey

Genital Injury and Intimate Partner Violence as Determinants of Women's Reproductive Healthcare Utilization 1-Year Post-Sexual Assault Medical-Forensic Examination

Assessing the Impact of Online Social Reactions to Disclosure of Sexual Victimization via #MeToo on PTSD Symptoms Accounting for In-Person Social Reactions to Disclosure

Incorporating lived experience into social work practice: A personal and organisational journey

Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: victim, victimisation, prison, incarceration, incarcerate, probation
First author: Tina Lucas-Smith (Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) [+5 other authors]

Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence

Timing of and Disparities in Initiation into Deviant Peer Groups Among Youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study: Do these Effects Vary Across the Life-Course?

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: trauma
First author: Thomas Wojciechowski (Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA)

Justifying the status quo while recognizing structural victimization: The challenge of reconciliation in Canada

Journal: International Review of Victimology
Keywords: victim, victimization, victimology
First author: Ismehen Melouka (Université de Montréal, Canada) [+2 other authors]

Neutralization Techniques Among Indonesian Student Mass Fighters: A Qualitative Study

Emotion regulation, secondary traumatic stress and psychological health at work among child sexual and physical exploitation police investigators

Dating Violence and Childhood Traumatic Experience: The Mediating Role of Rejection Sensitivity, Irrational Beliefs

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, trauma
First author: Ruveyda Yegen (Gaziantep University, Türkiye) [+1 other author]

Sexual Assault History Moderates Prospective Pathways From Sexual Orientation to Cannabis Use Outcomes

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: assault, violence, substance use, cannabis, trauma
First author: Emalee Kerr (SUNY University at Buffalo, NY, USA) [+2 other authors]

Understanding Marital Rape Perception in MENA and South Asia: The Role of Resistance, Sexual Deprivation, and Jealousy

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, rape, victim, reform
First author: Olga Khokhlova (Institute for Social Justice and Crime, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK) [+3 other authors]

The other and us: Artworks as mediators for recognising victimised people

Journal: International Review of Victimology
Keywords: victim, victimology, strategy
First author: Tatiana Fernández-Maya (Australian Human Rights Institute, Australia; KU Leuven, Belgium)

A Comparative Analysis of Identity Theft Victimization and Preventive Measures Among Self-Employed, Private Industry, and Government Employees

Exploring the Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Physical Frailty in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Rural Malaysian Population

The Impact of Male Violence on Female Delinquency: Experiences of Vulnerability and Poly Victimization in Women Serving Prison Sentences in Catalonia

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, prison
First author: Jenny Cubells Serra (UAB, Barcelona, Spain) [+3 other authors]

Sexual corruption: recognising the “abuse of power” in professional sexual misconduct

Policing

The weight of the badge: investigating voice and workplace stress of police officers

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: police, police officer, policing, law enforcement, law
First author: Nabila Khan (Indian Institute of Management ) [+2 other authors]

Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence

A comparative analysis of two Canadian police tactical teams’ operations, training, patrol support, and police militarisation

Journal: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
Keywords: police, patrol, criminal justice
First author: Zachary Towns (Marine Institute at Memorial University of Newfoundland) [+1 other author]

Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogs in illicit drug samples

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: harm reduction, heroin, opioid, illicit, drug, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Victoria Marland [+2 other authors]

Neutralization Techniques Among Indonesian Student Mass Fighters: A Qualitative Study

Emotion regulation, secondary traumatic stress and psychological health at work among child sexual and physical exploitation police investigators

How the Sarah Everard Case has Changed Public Perceptions of Police Officers

Work-Life Balance & Career Advancement for Women in Policing: A Mixed Methods Study

Journal: Feminist Criminology
Keywords: police, policing, supervision
First author: Natalie Todak (J. Frank Barefield, Jr., Department of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA) [+2 other authors]

The other and us: Artworks as mediators for recognising victimised people

Journal: International Review of Victimology
Keywords: victim, victimology, strategy
First author: Tatiana Fernández-Maya (Australian Human Rights Institute, Australia; KU Leuven, Belgium)

Mitigating Risk and Magnifying Protection: The Impacts of a Gang Intervention and Exiting Program on Criminogenic Risk Factors

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: homicide, violence, substance use, gang, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Jennifer S. Wong [+1 other author]

From role conflict situations to employees’ extra-role and hostility behaviors: the role of cynicism

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: police, police officer, policing
First author: M. Ángeles López-Cabarcos (University of Santiago de Compostela Department of Business Administration) [+2 other authors]

Autism awareness training for law enforcement officers: a pilot study

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: police, policing, law enforcement, legislation, law
First author: Kaylie Holke (Chapman University) [+4 other authors]

Sexual corruption: recognising the “abuse of power” in professional sexual misconduct

Experimentally testing police visibility via a visual detection exercise: Can the public spot the police vehicle?

Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: vehicle, police
First author: Rylan Simpson

**Identifying critical work-related characteristics in police roles: A comparative analysis using the O*NET framework**

Journal: International Journal of Police Science & Management
Keywords: police, policing, law enforcement, patrol, law
First author: Peter G Tedeholm (Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden) [+1 other author]

Development and evaluation of a diet and exercise intervention for promoting sleep, health, and wellbeing within the UK home office police forces

Journal: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Keywords: police, police officer
First author: Yvonne Taylor (West Yorkshire Police, UK) [+2 other authors]

Examining links between dispatch time, deployment time and case resolution in agency incident data

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: violent, property, police, policing, law enforcement, arrest, law
First author: Rachael Rief (University of North Texas) [+1 other author]

Courts

Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence

Race and Gender Differences in the Age-Sentencing Relationship

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: court, sentencing, prison, incarceration
First author: Jeffery T. Ulmer (The Pennsylvania State University, State College, University Park, USA) [+1 other author]

Neutralization Techniques Among Indonesian Student Mass Fighters: A Qualitative Study

Effect of a Gender-Synchronized Family Planning Intervention on Inequitable Gender Norms in a Cluster Randomized Control Trial Among Husbands of Married Adolescent Girls in Dosso, Niger

Do public sector wages moderate the impact of institutional strengthening on corruption?

The effect of Senior status on sentencing decisions

Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice
Keywords: sentencing
First author: Yu Du (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) [+1 other author]

A Crime Script Analysis of Pao Fen Operations and the Construction of Prevention Strategies

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: laundering, financial crime, digital, court, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

Corrections

The Impact of Correctional Officer Counter-Stereotypes on the U.S. Public’s Perceptions of Dynamic Security

Journal: Corrections
Keywords: corrections, correctional, correctional officer
First author: Jessie Harney (Colorado State University)

Measuring Prison Education Across States: Development of a National Scoring System

Journal: Corrections
Keywords: corrections, prison
First author: Steven Sprick Schuster (Middle Tennessee State University) [+2 other authors]

Incorporating lived experience into social work practice: A personal and organisational journey

Living Group Climate and Treatment Motivation in Adolescent Girls in Youth Detention – The Importance of Gender Specific Treatment

Journal: Women & Criminal Justice
Keywords: detention, criminal justice
First author: Janneke van Steensel (Department of Clinical Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands) [+2 other authors]

Interpretations of Safety Among Correctional Officers in the Canadian Federal Prison System: A Longitudinal Analysis

Journal: Corrections
Keywords: corrections, prison, correctional, correctional officer
First author: Marcella Siqueira Cassiano (University of Winnipeg) [+2 other authors]

Race and Gender Differences in the Age-Sentencing Relationship

Neutralization Techniques Among Indonesian Student Mass Fighters: A Qualitative Study

Systematic Review of Forensic Mental Health Patients on Conditional Discharge: Part One – Quantitative Findings, Methodology, Limitations and Future Research

Work-Life Balance & Career Advancement for Women in Policing: A Mixed Methods Study

The affective, atmospheric, and sensory dimensions of parole

Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: incarcerate, parole, probation, law
First author: Dwayne Antojado (UniSA Online, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; and School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines)

Selective punitiveness among social work students: A longitudinal study

Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation, punishment, criminal justice
First author: Michael Hanslmaier (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany) [+3 other authors]

Legitimacy and Institutional Misconduct Among a Cohort of Serious and Violent Incarcerated Youth

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: violent, incarceration, incarcerate, policy, law
First author: Chad R. Trulson (University of North Texas, Denton, USA) [+1 other author]

The Impact of Male Violence on Female Delinquency: Experiences of Vulnerability and Poly Victimization in Women Serving Prison Sentences in Catalonia

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, prison
First author: Jenny Cubells Serra (UAB, Barcelona, Spain) [+3 other authors]

Carceral consequences and perverse perks: care and the disciplinary alternative school

Journal: Contemporary Justice Review
Keywords: carceral
First author: Kaitlyn J. Selman (Illinois State University)

Unveiling Insider Threats in South Korean Companies: Causes and Countermeasures Through Convenience Theory and Perceived Punishment

Journal: Deviant Behavior
Keywords: insider, punishment
First author: Joo-Young Lee (Korea Information Security Industry Association, KISIA)

Student readiness for criminal justice social work practice: A calibration study

Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation, supervision, criminal justice system, criminal justice
First author: Dimitra Lattas (Social Work, School of Law and Society, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia) [+4 other authors]

Taking stock of restorative practices strategies implementation over time in an equity-focused PK-12 school district

Journal: Contemporary Justice Review
Keywords: restorative
First author: Colby T. Kervick (University of Vermont) [+4 other authors]

Recidivists Not Higher in Criminal Social Identity Than first-Timers When Controlling for Family and Friends’ Criminal Records

Journal: Deviant Behavior
Keywords: -
First author: Qiuyue Gao (People’s Public Security University of China) [+1 other author]

Public Policy

CJR Publications Received February 2025–April 2025

Journal: Criminal Justice Review
Keywords: criminal justice
First author:

The weight of the badge: investigating voice and workplace stress of police officers

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: police, police officer, policing, law enforcement, law
First author: Nabila Khan (Indian Institute of Management ) [+2 other authors]

Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence

A comparative analysis of two Canadian police tactical teams’ operations, training, patrol support, and police militarisation

“Technically, by Law, you’re Not a ‘Prostitute’ If you’re Underage”: The Importance of Language from the Perspectives of Girls and Young Women Affected by Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking, exploitation, law
First author: Sarah M. Godoy (New York University) [+7 other authors]

Living Group Climate and Treatment Motivation in Adolescent Girls in Youth Detention – The Importance of Gender Specific Treatment

Journal: Women & Criminal Justice
Keywords: detention, criminal justice
First author: Janneke van Steensel (Department of Clinical Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands) [+2 other authors]

Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogs in illicit drug samples

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: harm reduction, heroin, opioid, illicit, drug, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Victoria Marland [+2 other authors]

Learning Aggression Through Exposure: The Relationship Between Violence Exposure, Emotion Regulation, and Cyber-Aggression in College Students—A Gender Differences Analysis

Longitudinal Changes in Recovery Capital Among Recovery House Residents With and Without Criminal Legal System Involvement: A Marginal Structural Modeling Analysis

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: addiction, criminal justice, criminal legal system
First author: Adela Bunaciu (University of Dundee) [+10 other authors]

Emotion regulation, secondary traumatic stress and psychological health at work among child sexual and physical exploitation police investigators

Reaching beyond criminal justice to justice : Orienting criminology and criminal policy toward harm

Journal: Criminology & Criminal Justice
Keywords: harm reduction, criminal justice, policy
First author: Victoria A Greenfield (George Mason University, USA) [+1 other author]

Understanding Marital Rape Perception in MENA and South Asia: The Role of Resistance, Sexual Deprivation, and Jealousy

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, rape, victim, reform
First author: Olga Khokhlova (Institute for Social Justice and Crime, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK) [+3 other authors]

Women's Empowerment in India: Measurement, Regional Disparities, and the Threat of Intimate Partner Violence

“I Was Scared That He Might Kill Me or Stab Me If I Said No”: Violence Against Sex Workers in Kolkata, India

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, regulation
First author: Atmaja Acharya (Christ University, Bangalore, India) [+1 other author]

The affective, atmospheric, and sensory dimensions of parole

Selective punitiveness among social work students: A longitudinal study

Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation, punishment, criminal justice
First author: Michael Hanslmaier (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany) [+3 other authors]

Predictive Analysis of Crime Against Women in India: Uncovering Critical Insights

Journal: Women & Criminal Justice
Keywords: criminal justice
First author: undefined Ritika (Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women) [+5 other authors]

Legitimacy and Institutional Misconduct Among a Cohort of Serious and Violent Incarcerated Youth

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: violent, incarceration, incarcerate, policy, law
First author: Chad R. Trulson (University of North Texas, Denton, USA) [+1 other author]

Mitigating Risk and Magnifying Protection: The Impacts of a Gang Intervention and Exiting Program on Criminogenic Risk Factors

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: homicide, violence, substance use, gang, law enforcement, criminal justice, law
First author: Jennifer S. Wong [+1 other author]

Autism awareness training for law enforcement officers: a pilot study

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: police, policing, law enforcement, legislation, law
First author: Kaylie Holke (Chapman University) [+4 other authors]

Former Informers Informers Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague, Mark A. Drumbl and Barbora Holá

Journal: Journal of International Criminal Justice
Keywords: criminal justice
First author: Timothy William Waters (Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington)

Student readiness for criminal justice social work practice: A calibration study

Do public sector wages moderate the impact of institutional strengthening on corruption?

Re-examining the fraud hexagon through corruption deterrence by regulatory undertakings and corporate disclosures in Nigerian financial institutions

Sexual corruption: recognising the “abuse of power” in professional sexual misconduct

Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: corruption, offending, victim, police, police officer, criminal justice, policy
First author: Nathan Birdsall (University of Central Lancashire Nathan Birdsall is based at School of Law and Policing, Preston, and School of Policy Studies, Bristol) [+3 other authors]

**Identifying critical work-related characteristics in police roles: A comparative analysis using the O*NET framework**

Examining links between dispatch time, deployment time and case resolution in agency incident data

Journal: Policing: An International Journal
Keywords: violent, property, police, policing, law enforcement, arrest, law
First author: Rachael Rief (University of North Texas) [+1 other author]

A Crime Script Analysis of Pao Fen Operations and the Construction of Prevention Strategies

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: laundering, financial crime, digital, court, policy
First author: Fangzhou Wang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

WASH, Women, and Violence: Investigating the Associations Between Households’ Access to WASH Facilities and Intimate Partner Violence in India

Uncategorized Research

The following research doesn't appear to mention any of the terms my code searches for in order to sort research by crime type or by criminal justice/legal system stage.

When the Rain Falls: The Impact of Rural Criminal Offenses on Labor Migration

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: -
First author: Guanghao Wu (University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China) [+2 other authors]

The incidence of headbanging as a form of self-harm among inpatients within a secure mental health setting – the impact of age, gender and diagnosis

Journal: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Keywords: -
First author: Isobel Doyle (St Andrew’s Healthcare) [+2 other authors]

Gender, Ethnicity, Immigration Status, and Public Opinion: An Experimental Study of Attitudes Toward Sex Work

Journal: Crime & Delinquency
Keywords: -
First author: Michael A. Hansen (University of Turku, Finland) [+2 other authors]

Perceptions of Mental Health, Mental Health Needs and Access to Mental Healthcare Among Justice‐Involved Young People: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence

Journal: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Keywords: -
First author: Mojca Babovič (Department of Social Work National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan)

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